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The Underground City

H.L. Humes

Entered May 25, 1958 · 3 weeks on the list, last seen Jun 15, 1958

Book Power
6.0
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Peak
#15
2 weeks there · first May 25, 1958
Top-ten weeks
0
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
3
May 1958 – June 1958

Ranked by Book Power, part of the ChartReign Power model — not a list published by anyone else. How it works →

The run

Position by week; a gap is a spell off the list.

What it earned each author

Book Power is the book's own figure. Power contributed is what it earned each author's Career Power: a featured credit takes its reduced share, and a week where the author had other books charting is split between them.

AuthorCreditCredit sharePower contributed
H.L. Humesprimary100%6.0

The top ten the week it peaked

See May 25, 1958 on the timeline →
  1. #1Anatomy of a MurderRobert Traver
  2. #2The Winthrop WomanAnya Seton
  3. #3Ice PalaceEdna Ferber
  4. #4A Summer PlaceSloan Wilson
  5. #5North from RomeHelen MacInnes
  6. #6The SergeantDennis Murphy
  7. #7The Greengage SummerRumer Godden
  8. #8The White WitchElizabeth Goudge
  9. #9The Mackerel PlazaPeter De Vries
  10. #10By Love PossessedJames Gould Cozzens

The #1 bestsellers of 1958

1958 in books →

Every other book that reached #1 on the NYT Hardcover Fiction list in 1958.